Hasp.



VOIGHT.

HASP.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 21, 1909.

. 981,825. Patented Jan. 17,1911.

ATTORNEY.

- WITNESSES UNTTED $TATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST VOIGHT, OF NET/V BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE STANLEYWORKS, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF CONNECTICUT.

HASP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 17, 1911.

Application filed December 21, 1909. Serial No. 534,347.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST Vororrr, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hasps,of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to produce an adjustable hasp havingfeatures of novcity and advantage.

Referring to the drawings-Figure 1 is an edge view of the hasp in placeupon a door. Fig. 2 is a front view of the hasp. F 3 is a section on theline 33 of Fig. 2.

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated in the drawings (6denotes the door case, Z) the door, 0 the hasp and d the staple.

As will be seen from the drawings, the leaf of the hasp is made in twoparts l2. The upper leaf is slotted as at 3 and passing through thisslot are two headed pins 4 which are secured to the under leaf 2, thesepins acting to hold the parts together and to limit and partly guide thehasp in its adjustment. An additional guiding and strengthening featurewhich may be utilized if desired are the interengaging beads 66 and 7-7along the edges of the leaves 12, which, as clearly appears, bothstiffen and strengthen the leaves and act as guides and prevent anygreat amount of lateral displacement of the two leaves of the hasp. Ifbut a single headed pin is used these interengaging beads relieve thepin from lateral shearing strain. The staple (Z is preferably rigidlysecured to its base and the whole is rigidly secured to the door.

Applicant is aware that it is old to use an adjustable staple inconnection with a rigid hasp but this structure is objectionable formany reasons and particularly in that when any strain is brought to bearon the staple it acts as a lever tending to loosen the screws or otherdevices by which it is secured in place.

I am aware that this invention can be embodiedin various forms whichshall have the features of construction and advantage herein described.

I claim A hasp comprising two superposed members movable length-wisewith respect to each other, one of said members provided with alongitudinally-extending slot, one or more headed pins fixed to theother of said members and extending through said slot whereby themembers are slidably-connected together, and a pair oflongitudinally-disposed and outwardly-projecting stiffening beads formedin and spaced from the longitudinal edges of each of said members, thebeads of one member extending in the other of said members and saidbeads constituting guides during the shifting movement of the membersand further preventing lateral movement of the members with respect toeach other.

AUGUST VOIGHT.

Vitnesses:

MICHAEL B. OBRIEN, CLARA E. LENPOLD.

